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    #76
    Jazz often does first names or nicknames

    So Miles, Dizzy or The Bird would all be immediately identifiable and unique.

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      #77
      Yeah, I was going to mention that but forgot. Ornette, Django and so on, too.

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        #78
        Has nobody suggested Dylan yet?
        I didn't spot Clapton either, Maybe Hooker and Cash?

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          #79
          Originally posted by 1974ddr View Post
          Has nobody suggested Dylan yet?
          I didn't spot Clapton either, Maybe Hooker and Cash?
          I don't remember Clapton or Dylan referring to themselves by their surnames. Johnny Cash did, later in life, on the Rick Rubin LPs.

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            #80
            Wasn't the OP about musicians instantly identifiable by their surnames, rather than musicians who referred to themselves by their surnames?
            Alternatively, 'OK- let's make this the big one for Otway!'

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              #81
              Originally posted by 1974ddr View Post
              Wasn't the OP about musicians instantly identifiable by their surnames, rather than musicians who referred to themselves by their surnames?
              Alternatively, 'OK- let's make this the big one for Otway!'
              It was both.

              Mr Toyah Wilcox was able to credit himself as Robert Fripp or Fripp (and did) and still be immediately identifiable.

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                #82
                Musicians identifiable by their surnames …

                Originally posted by Stumpy Pepys View Post
                … and often referred to as such.

                Fripp and Eno spring to mind. And Bowie, come to think of it. Can't think of any others at the moment.
                Nothing there about referring to themselves by their surname?
                Of course I've spotted Dylan in the thread above now

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                  #83
                  Morrissey hasnt been mentioned yet. Nor Marr. Nor Strummer. Nor Lydon.

                  Must admit to struggling with concept of thread though. Both Costello & Presley have identifiable surnames & would be recognised as such without Elvis. But Presley especially doesnt need the surname for recognition no matter how unique.

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                    #84
                    Reg.

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                      #85
                      Originally posted by ale View Post
                      Morrissey hasnt been mentioned yet.
                      3CR on the very first page.

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                        #86
                        Hozier, my 2nd cousin went to school with him, and said nobody called him by his first name.

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                          #87
                          But that's not technically his whole surname though, is it? He's double barreled.

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                            #88
                            Originally posted by ursus arctos View Post
                            Jazz often does first names or nicknames

                            So Miles, Dizzy or The Bird would all be immediately identifiable and unique.
                            Bird, no definite article. Dizzy was more commonly Diz.

                            Some can be first name or nickname:

                            Louis or Satchmo
                            Lester or Prez
                            Billie or Lady (Day)

                            OTOH Bird would be Parker, not Charlie. Coltrane is only ever Coltrane or Trane. Coleman Hawkins is Hawk.

                            I think Duke Ellington is a case of the childhood nickname becoming the stage name. His family still called him Edward. Similarly, Count Basie was Bill (preferred to Wiliam) to family and lovers.

                            One reason for surname prominence is composer credits: Lennon, McCartney, Jagger, Richards. But of course their first names used in tandem also create immediate identifiability: John and Paul, Mick and Keith (or Keef). Not sure how many other pairings have achieved this (we don't say Paul and Art, for example, for Simon and Garfunkel).

                            Surname more familiar than first name because they are composers not singers: Lieber and Stoller; Holland, Dozier, Holland; Rogers and Hammerstein.
                            Last edited by Satchmo Distel; 18-06-2021, 00:41.

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                              #89
                              Has Zappa been mentioned yet? He lucked out with that name, which was a perfect fit for his art and brand. He wouldn't have got far with a name like, say, Taccheggiatore.

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                                #90
                                How about Pop? Or Sensible?

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                                  #91
                                  Beefheart.

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                                    #92
                                    Numbers 0 through 8.

                                    I like #5 best.

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